WATERFALL


Meaning of WATERFALL in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

spectacular

No great torrents of water, no spectacular waterfalls , no deafening roars of waters disgorging their immense might.

The Turtle rises so high behind Larimore Dam that it goes over a spillway and creates a spectacular waterfall 50 feet high.

The Trummelbach Falls are nearby, spectacular waterfalls which plunge into the depths of the mountain.

And make sure you don't leave before seeing the spectacular rivers, waterfalls and mountains of Snowdonia.

Beginning as crashing streams and spectacular waterfalls high up in the mountains, these quickly converge to form raging rivers.

■ VERB

see

She could see waterfalls cascading down some of the mountain-sides and in the distance a lake.

On this day she lay down and hung her face over the cliff to see down the waterfall .

He saw that the little waterfall in the Harrisons' rockery had run dry.

We were looking for a present for my uncle in Massachusetts, and he pulled over so I could see a waterfall .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Below the well, a waterfall tumbled across an artificial rockery.

Glen Muick is very lovely with roaming red deer, beautiful waterfalls, and a peaceful loch.

It has also turned even the most demure waterfalls into dramatic fountains, and made the waterfalls in Yosemite Valley absolutely breathtaking.

She could see waterfalls cascading down some of the mountain-sides and in the distance a lake.

The mist was heavy and noisy waterfalls splashed down through pipe thickets of green bamboo.

What sounds like a distant waterfall rouses me from sleep in the early morning.

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